Kentucky Wildcats guard James Young (1) dribbles the ball against the Montevallo Falcons at Rupp Arena. Kentucky defeated Montevallo 95-72.

Written by

Kyle Tucker
| The (Louisville) Courier-Journal

The University of Kentucky turned in another uninspiring exhibition performance, considering it was college basketball's preseason No. 1 against Division II Montevallo, but that doesn't mean it wasn't entertaining.

In fact, Monday night's game at Rupp Arena included perhaps the rarest play in sports: an own-goal 3-pointer by the Wildcats.

That crazy play - on which UK guard James Young tried to save a ball on the sideline but flung it blindly behind his back and straight into the wrong basket, a perfect swish from beyond the 3-point line - was the biggest highlight of the Cats' ho-hum 95-72 ...